Law & Legal Studies Journals
This page groups approved journals assigned to Law & Legal Studies within the broader Law classification used by Journals Impact Factors.
Because citation practices differ by specialty, this narrower grouping can be more useful than comparing journals across an entire broad discipline. The classification is internal and is not an official JCR category.
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231 results| Journal | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Res Publica-A Journal of Moral Legal and Political Philosophy 1356-4765 |
1.100 | 0.900 | 1.800 | N/A | SPRINGER |
| South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 1999-7639 |
1.100 | 1.100 | 0.260 | Q3 | HEALTH & MEDICAL PUBLISHING GROUP |
| AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW 0002-919X |
1.000 | 1.300 | 1.140 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
| COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW 0010-1931 |
1.000 | 1.200 | 0.750 | Q2 | COLUMBIA JOURNAL TRANSNATIONAL LAW ASSOC |
| FORDHAM LAW REVIEW 0015-704X |
1.000 | 1.100 | 1.150 | Q2 | FORDHAM UNIV, SCHOOL LAW |
| International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 0952-617X |
1.000 | 0.800 | 0.310 | Q3 | KLUWER LAW INT |
| Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 1613-7272 |
1.000 | 1.000 | 1.120 | Q2 | BRILL |
| Journal of Criminal Law 0022-0183 |
1.000 | 0.900 | 0.470 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2041-7764 |
1.000 | 0.800 | 1.100 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| Juridical Tribune-Review of Comparative and International Law 3008-637X |
1.000 | 0.500 | 1.840 | Q2 | ADJURIS-INT ACAD PUBL |
| Law & Social Inquiry 0897-6546 |
1.000 | 1.500 | 1.440 | Q2 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
| McGill Journal of Law and Health 1920-4825 |
1.000 | 0.500 | 0.150 | Q2 | MCGILL UNIV, FAC LAW |
| Melbourne Journal of International Law 1444-8602 |
1.000 | 1.200 | 0.840 | Q2 | UNIV MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE LAW SCH |
| Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 0143-6503 |
1.000 | 1.400 | 1.450 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| European Journal of Legal Studies N/A |
0.900 | 0.900 | 0.740 | Q2 | EUROPEAN UNIV INST |
| Griffith Law Review 1038-3441 |
0.900 | 1.300 | 1.520 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW-REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SEMIOTIQUE JURIDIQUE 0952-8059 |
0.900 | 0.800 | 0.910 | Q3 | SPRINGER |
| International Journal of Law Policy and the Family 1360-9939 |
0.900 | 0.900 | 0.660 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| International Journal of the Legal Profession 0969-5958 |
0.900 | 0.600 | 0.620 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY LAW 0964-9069 |
0.900 | 1.200 | 0.910 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| LAW AND CRITIQUE 0957-8536 |
0.900 | 1.000 | 0.940 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
| Law Technology and Humans N/A |
0.900 | 0.900 | 0.930 | Q2 | QUEENSLAND UNIV TECHNOLOGY |
| Legal Theory 1352-3252 |
0.900 | 1.000 | 1.020 | Q2 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
| New Journal of European Criminal Law 2032-2844 |
0.900 | 0.900 | 0.670 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 0038-3910 |
0.900 | 1.300 | 0.780 | Q2 | UNIV SOUTHERN CALIF |
| Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy 2451-9367 |
0.600 | 0.500 | 0.400 | Q2 | BRILL |
| BRICS Law Journal 2409-9058 |
0.600 | 0.500 | 0.450 | Q2 | LLC V EM PUBLISHING HOUSE |
| LAW AND PHILOSOPHY 0167-5249 |
0.600 | 0.700 | 0.540 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
| AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 0027-9048 |
0.500 | 0.600 | 0.770 | Q3 | NATL CONF BANKRUPT J |
| ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research 1543-866X |
0.500 | 0.400 | 0.110 | Q4 | AMER ACCOUNTING ASSOC |
| Comparative Legal History 2049-677X |
0.500 | 0.500 | 0.410 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| CRIMINAL LAW JOURNAL 0314-1160 |
0.500 | 0.500 | 0.320 | Q3 | LAWBOOK CO LTD |
| Croatian Yearbook of European Law & Policy 1845-5662 |
0.500 | 0.600 | 0.300 | Q3 | UNIV ZAGREB, FAC LAW |
| HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY 0193-4872 |
0.500 | 0.600 | 0.800 | Q3 | HARVARD SOC LAW PUBLIC POLICY |
| International Criminal Law Review 1567-536X |
0.500 | 0.600 | 0.720 | Q3 | BRILL |
| Islamic Law and Society 0928-9380 |
0.500 | 0.600 | 1.060 | N/A | BRILL |
| Journal of Private International Law 1744-1048 |
0.500 | 0.500 | 0.510 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Jurnal Cita Hukum-Indonesian Law Journal 2356-1440 |
0.500 | 0.300 | 0.810 | Q3 | UNIV ISLAM NEGERI SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA |
| Law & Literature 1535-685X |
0.500 | 0.400 | 1.600 | N/A | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Law Culture and the Humanities 1743-8721 |
0.500 | 0.600 | 0.730 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 1938-0283 |
0.500 | 0.800 | 0.820 | Q3 | UNIV PENN LAW SCH |
| UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LAW JOURNAL 0042-0220 |
0.500 | 1.000 | 0.810 | Q3 | UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC |
| ALBERTA LAW REVIEW 0002-4821 |
0.400 | 0.400 | 0.560 | Q3 | UNIV ALBERTA |
| BUFFALO LAW REVIEW 0023-9356 |
0.400 | 0.700 | 0.410 | Q3 | UNIV BUFFALO STATE UNIV NEW YORK |
| Chinese Journal of Comparative Law 2050-4802 |
0.400 | 0.600 | 0.660 | Q3 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance 2213-4506 |
0.400 | 0.600 | 0.310 | Q3 | BRILL |
| European Public Law 1354-3725 |
0.400 | 0.500 | 0.450 | Q3 | KLUWER LAW INT |
| European Review of Private Law 0928-9801 |
0.400 | 0.300 | 0.380 | Q3 | KLUWER LAW INT |
| FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL 1064-590X |
0.400 | 0.400 | 0.140 | Q3 | FOOD DRUG LAW INST |
| IDP-Internet Law and Politics 1699-8154 |
0.400 | 0.300 | 0.070 | Q4 | UNIV OBERTA CATALUNYA |
| International Community Law Review 1871-9740 |
0.400 | 0.500 | 0.410 | Q3 | MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBL |
| International Journal of Speech Language and the Law 1748-8885 |
0.400 | 0.700 | 0.160 | Q4 | EQUINOX PUBLISHING LTD |
| Journal of Legal History 0144-0365 |
0.400 | 0.400 | 1.380 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis 2770-6869 |
0.400 | 0.600 | 0.540 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Middle East Law and Governance 1876-3367 |
0.400 | 0.700 | 0.670 | Q3 | BRILL |
| Psychology and Law 2222-5196 |
0.400 | 0.300 | 0.150 | Q4 | MOSCOW STATE PSYCHOLOGICAL & PEDAGOGICAL UNIV |
| Public Law Review 1034-3024 |
0.400 | 0.400 | 0.440 | Q3 | LAWBOOK CO LTD |
| Adelaide Law Review 0065-1915 |
0.300 | 0.400 | 0.370 | Q3 | UNIV ADELAIDE |
| African Journal of International and Comparative Law 0954-8890 |
0.300 | 0.200 | 0.240 | Q3 | EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS |
| AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY 0002-9319 |
0.300 | 0.600 | 0.570 | Q3 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| Arab Law Quarterly 0268-0556 |
0.300 | 0.400 | 0.320 | Q3 | BRILL |
| AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL 0004-9611 |
0.300 | 0.200 | 0.470 | Q3 | LAWBOOK CO LTD |
| Boletin de la Asociacion Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo-International Association of Cooperative Law Journal 1134-993X |
0.300 | 0.400 | 0.570 | Q3 | UNIV DEUSTO, FAC DERECHO |
| Bratislava Law Review 2585-7088 |
0.300 | 0.000 | 0.240 | Q3 | Comenius Univ Bratislava, Fac Law |
| Company and Securities Law Journal 0729-2775 |
0.300 | 0.300 | 0.370 | Q3 | LAWBOOK CO LTD |
| CORNELL INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 0010-8812 |
0.300 | 0.500 | 0.050 | Q3 | CORNELL INT LAW JOURNAL |
| Ecclesiastical Law Journal 0956-618X |
0.300 | 0.300 | 1.120 | N/A | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
| Journal of African Law 0021-8553 |
0.300 | 0.400 | 0.400 | Q3 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
| Journal of Property Planning and Environmental Law 2514-9407 |
0.300 | 1.000 | 0.410 | Q3 | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD |
| LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL 0023-9283 |
0.300 | 0.300 | 0.170 | Q3 | AMER ASSOC LAW LIBRARIES |
| Legal Ethics 1460-728X |
0.300 | 0.300 | 0.510 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Liverpool Law Review 0144-932X |
0.300 | 0.500 | 0.590 | Q3 | SPRINGER |
| Onati Socio-Legal Series N/A |
0.300 | 0.500 | 0.770 | Q3 | ONATI INT INST SOCIOLOGY LAW |
| Pravoprimenenie-Law Enforcement Review 2542-1514 |
0.300 | 0.200 | 0.290 | Q3 | DOSTOEVSKY OMSK STATE UNIV |
| Revista de Llengua i Dret-Journal of Language and Law 0212-5056 |
0.300 | 0.300 | 0.250 | Q3 | ESCOLA ADM PUBLICA CATALUNYA |
| Tort Law Review 1039-3285 |
0.300 | 0.200 | 0.220 | Q3 | LAWBOOK CO LTD |
| University of Bologna Law Review 2531-6133 |
0.300 | 0.300 | 0.200 | Q3 | UNIV STUDI BOLOGNA, ALMADL JOURNALS |
| Washington International Law Journal 2377-0872 |
0.300 | 0.800 | 0.490 | Q3 | UNIV WASHINGTON |
| African Journal of Legal Studies 2210-9730 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.200 | Q3 | BRILL |
| Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 1385-2140 |
0.200 | 0.600 | 0.160 | Q3 | EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD |
| Australian Journal of Administrative Law 1320-7105 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.560 | Q3 | LAWBOOK CO LTD |
| British Journal of American Legal Studies 2049-4092 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.300 | Q3 | SCIENDO |
| Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 0832-8781 |
0.200 | 0.600 | 0.150 | Q3 | UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC |
| CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 0008-8390 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.210 | Q3 | CATHOLIC UNIV AMER PRESS |
| COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS 0010-1923 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.170 | Q3 | COLUMBIA JOURNAL TRANSNATIONAL LAW ASSOC |
| Communication Law and Policy 1081-1680 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.450 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| De Jure Law Journal 1466-3597 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.070 | Q3 | PRETORIA UNIV LAW PRESS |
| e-Legal History Review 1699-5317 |
0.200 | 0.100 | 0.040 | Q3 | IUSTEL |
| Edinburgh Law Review 1364-9809 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.270 | Q3 | EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS |
| Environmental and Planning Law Journal 0813-300X |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.260 | Q3 | LAWBOOK CO LTD |
| Hong Kong Law Journal 0378-0600 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.230 | Q3 | SWEET MAXWELL LTD |
| IIUM Law Journal 0128-2530 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.220 | Q3 | INT ISLAMIC UNIV MALAYSIA, PRESS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTER |
| Journal of East Asia and International Law 1976-9229 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.230 | Q3 | YIJUN INST INT LAW |
| Journal of International and Comparative Law N/A |
0.200 | 0.000 | 0.920 | Q3 | SWEET & MAXWELL |
| Journal of Law and Social Deviance 2165-5219 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.340 | Q3 | JOURNAL LAW & SOCIAL DEVIANCE |
| Law and Humanities 1752-1483 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.240 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Law Text Culture 1322-9060 |
0.200 | 0.600 | 0.410 | Q4 | UNIV WOLLONGONG |
| National Taiwan University Law Review 1812-6324 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.190 | Q3 | NATL TAIWAN UNIV COLL LAW |
| Passagens-International Review of Political History and Legal Culture 1984-2503 |
0.200 | 0.100 | 1.360 | Q2 | UNIV FEDERAL FLUMINENSE, INST CIENCIAS HUMANAS & FILOSOFIA |
| Review of European and Comparative Law N/A |
0.200 | 0.000 | 0.220 | Q3 | JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIV LUBLIN |
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